Bidspirit auction | Johann Georg Heck (1795-1857)

Johann Georg Heck (1795-1857) - Rare 19th c. Military Iconographic Engraving by J. G. Heck. Rare 19th Century Iconographic Military Engraving ”Illustrating the various kinds of arms of modern times” from the Iconographic Encyclopedia Of Science Literature And Art by J. G. Heck (1795-1857), Volume 2 - Plates, V. Military Sciences | Published: New York: Rudolf Garrigue, 1851 | by Johann Georg Heck, translated from German by Spencer Baird | Plate C. 1. 2. of 51 Plates (Corresponding to Vol. 3, Plate 25, illustrating the various kinds of arms of modern times, 539) | This plate was one of only two uniquely engraved by Schmeissinger, all other plates engraved primarily by Henry Winkles, and G. Feldweg | Approx. 11.75' W x 9.5” H | Numbers in the illustration correspond to text in Volume 3 (see images) | Johann Georg Heck (1795 in Strasbourg - 20th November 1857 in Leipzig), was a German bookseller and publisher, lithographer, cartographer, geographer and author. His Iconographic Encyclopaedia of Sciences and Arts is one of the largest German view works of the 19th century.